ENGLISH CHURCH FOR. YPRES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18184, 22 September 1924, Page 14

ENGLISH CHURCH FOR. YPRES.

* 'Si CEREMONY AT THE CLOTH HALL * - "f -"J (TKOX ■ OCE OWN COSiESICSDXSt.i LONDON,: On August 4th, the tcntfi Mfflijwsarv of Great Britain coming iatajfe War, Field-Marshal. the Earl of W* paid a visit to tho .famous togf fg» which he takes his titlo for of opening the British Club the tfprea League's tho market place, in the shadaMM®* ruins of the Cloth Hall, he WW speech in French and in ISngUak v _ After dwelling on the heroic a®®® of Ypres, the lield-Marshal TOyW* t Miy that the Ypres League | historical points iri the eaJjeni MfjW* 15 information of pilgrims. It \r»yWWt i" a tourists' guide with a map l| the cemeteries as now concenttawSr®- 'a the available roads by Avhich to raKS j them. . -J "Now I wisli to speak of — siso rather—a need which lam twfj j being" increasingly felt here." Eg J Ypres. "'There is no English \ lbr tho many pilgrims who home and overseas to visit the fhtfj "5 where our dead soldiers havo fceet l*» jS to rest. It would be a - great - booK® 5 them to find such a place into WW Jj they could coiqe for prayer and i*»* "* brance of their dead, and theW»J* i| peace and quiet, feel that appeal \ vice and sacrifice of which we aW,<B* l | conscious to-day. Our Roman ftw* | brethren will have more than I church, as .well as tho cathedral, w*®*"" jf at their service, but the Church 01 && J| land has no place of a t acter, I am told, anywhere I whole battlefield area. Its autccPH* however; are well aware of tfie?®* and, I feel sure, will gladly tal*"?* necessary' steps towards supplying"* wc of the Army give them—as i» * right wo should —the initiative." The Field-Marshal then d*P OS ® e ~J? splendid wreath at the ruins Cloth Hall being the following IsSS?' ticn 4th August, 1914-1934. Men of our Race, whoso bodies Ypres, We here salute you, guard of night! _ - , You held this gate to Britain,' s® 3 j now hold ' j Her pledge fulfilled to stake her slit» right. , p i